## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The initiation of continuous parenteral (subcutaneous or intravenous) opioids or a change of opioid (opioid rotation) are treatment options for patients who fail on oral or transdermal opioids. There are insufficient data on the efficacy of these strategies, and comparati
Problems with opiates in cancer pain: parenteral opioids
โ Scribed by Paul Glare
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 140 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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